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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
www.airforce.com/
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SatixFy Communications completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) initiative.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab

The U.S. Air Force allowed the HoPS contract vehicle for flying hosted payloads to expire in 2019 because of a lack of military payloads seeking rides.

Mentioned as: air forceTechnical ProductApr 5, 2023NASA Earth science hosted payload set for launch on Intelsat satellite

The GSAT-7 series of advanced satellites was built by ISRO to provide communication capabilities to the Indian armed forces, including the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 30, 2023Indian Army to get its own satellite by 2026

The Department of the Air Force had received no official communication from the White House regarding the relocation of U.S. Space Command’s headquarters as of 2023-03-28.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 28, 2023Air Force Secretary: ‘Haven’t made a decision on U.S. Space Command’

Contractors that win subsequent Delivery Orders under the IDIQ will provide capability to support the Secretary of the Air Force’s operational imperatives, with a focus on delivering resilient and effective Space order of Battle and Architectures.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2023Space Systems Command’s $900 Million contract is awarded to 18 contractors for Space Command & Control Data Software services

The IDIQ contract supports the Space C2 program that the U.S. Air Force started in 2018 to integrate and analyze space domain awareness data from multiple sources.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 25, 2023Space Force selects 18 vendors to provide space data analytics and software services

The U.S. Air Force contract directs CMPS to expand the High-Capacity Backbone (HCB) communication system’s technical capabilities, including developing the hardware used for the solution.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 24, 2023Cubic awarded U.S.A.F. contract for Halo™ -Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMes) System

On 2023-03-24, ABL Space Systems secured a $60,000,000 strategic funding increase (STRATFI) contract involving the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force that includes matching funds from private investors.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMar 24, 2023ABL Space gets $60 million for responsive launch demonstrations

The $60,000,000 STRATFI agreement includes $15,000,000 from Air Force and NASA customers, $15,000,000 from the AFWERX organization, and $30,000,000 in private funding from Varda’s venture investors.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2023U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda’s space capsules

The U.S. Air Force awarded Varda a $443,000 Small Business Innovation Research contract in 2021 to study Varda’s reentry capsule as a more economical alternative to traditional flight testing.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2023U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda’s space capsules

Varda Space Industries will provide reentry capsules to the U.S. Air Force for use as hypersonic flight test platforms.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2023U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda’s space capsules

By the time TSAT was canceled, the Air Force had launched three WGS satellites and Boeing was under contract to produce three more, including one funded by the Australian government under a 2007 agreement.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2023As DoD pivots to smaller satellites, Congress airdrops a big one into the budget

The 'G' in WGS originally stood for gapfiller and the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract to develop WGS in 2001 as an interim solution until TSAT.

Mentioned as: the air forceOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2023As DoD pivots to smaller satellites, Congress airdrops a big one into the budget

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory contracted ThinKom Solutions, Inc. to deliver a modular and scalable phased-array antenna solution to support ground segment operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 13, 2023AFRL selects ThinKom for nexgen gateway solution

The Space Force budget increased to $26,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 due to internal funds transfers from the Space Development Agency and the Air Force plus a congressional add-on.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative FinancialMar 13, 2023U.S. Space Force budget hits $30 billion in 2024 proposal

A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane carried the NISAR payload to Bengaluru.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductMar 10, 2023ISRO receives Indo-US jointly developed NISAR satellite

David Goldfein was chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 2016 to 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2023Shield Capital adds retired general Goldfein to national security advisory board

Boeing developed PTES under a $383,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract awarded in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2023Boeing’s ground system for U.S. satellite communications passes key test

The Department of Defense and the Department of the Air Force have created Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, and SpaceWERX to work with startups.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Investors in space startups see hurdles in defense market

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate plans to launch an experiment in 2025 to track objects in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2023Industry group to examine potential security threats in cislunar space
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